Communitas: The Anthropology of Collective Joy, Paperback - E. Turner

Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Alan P. MerriamAuthor: Valerie MerriamIn this highly praised and seminal work, Alan Merriam demonstrates that music is a so...

Anthropological interest in new subjects of research and contemporary knowledge practices has turned ethnographic attention to a wide ranging varie...

Reducere. Alternative medicine is not a fashionable new trend but an established cultural strategy, as well as a dynamic feature of mainstream contemporary m...

Missionary, linguist, and ethnographer Emile Petitot (1838-1916) was known for his work in Canada's Northwest Territories and as the author of a co...

This volume assembles in one place the work of scholars who are making key contributions to the anthropological approach to the UN, other global or...

Discusses extinction as a force shaping socio-cultural and biological lifePublisher: Indiana University PressIllustration(s): 8 b&w illus.Number of...

This original, field-changing collection explores the plasticity and unfinishedness of human subjects and lifeworlds, advancing the conceptual terr...

Focusing on the last twenty years of life in a small Mayan village, this pioneering book offers a natural history of intensity in the age of the An...

DescriptionAnthropologists have examined how diverse human populations modify and dress their bodies since the earliest days of the discipline. The...

Reducere. In this invigorating mix of natural history and adventure, artist-naturalist Ellen Meloy uses turquoise--the color and the gem--to probe deeper int...

DescriptionStudy of the future is an important new field in anthropology. Building on a philosophical tradition running from Aristotle through Heid...

Includes nine sections organized around themes such as everyday life, sex and gender, and science. This title features articles and book excerpts f...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 44 Halftones, black and white; 1 Tables, black and white; 44 Illustrations, black and whiteNumber o...

How can we understand the role of religion in human experience and social life? This book argues that anthropology and theology can work together t...

Reducere. At a time of increasing globalization and worldwide vulnerability, the study of disasters has become an important focus for anthropological researc...

Tarzan is still an icon of adventure, because like all adventurers, his actions have universal qualities: doing something previously untried, revea...

Few activities bring together physicality, emotions, politics, money, and morality as dramatically as sport. In Brazil's stadiums or China's parks,...

Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Chr...

Reducere. Note Formerly published as an ebook titled Why People Believe in Spirits, Gods and Magic. Now available in paperback.Across the globe and through t...

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What could middle-class German supermarket shoppers buying eggs and impoverished coffee farmers in Guatemala possibly have in common? Both groups u...

F.G. Bailey's contributions to anthropological theory and method are illuminated in this edited volume. Chapters variously present, apply, and trac...

This book is a story about a personal search for the 'natural' and for living 'in nature'. The author is an ethnobotanist who has studied foraging ...

Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): Judith (Western Washington University) PinePublication date: 2018Dimensions: 216 x 274 x 18Cover type: P...

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DescriptionCreate your own collection of non-alcoholic, probiotic wonder drinks in your own kitchen Kombucha is perhaps one of the most popular fer...

The first introductory guide to explore both biological and cultural approaches to the study of humanity, from the origin of our species, to traits...

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Reducere. DescriptionWhen sixteen-year-old Jesse Turner lies about his age and joins Colonel Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders to fight the Spanish in Cuba i...

Reducere. The American labor movement isn't dead. It's just moving from the bargaining table to the streets. In A New American Labor Movement, William Scheue...

DescriptionEJ Johnson's story of nine young men who overcame unbelievable odds with the 8th Air Force 490th Bomb Group flying missions over Germany...

Reducere. The History of the 101st Airborne Division is the epic story of the Division from its activation in August 1942 through the completion of Operation...

Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Brian E TurnerNumber of pages: 69Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 196 x 14Cover typ...

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Reducere. The Western Church world is abuzz with talk of being missional. Church leaders, conference speakers, and authors are weighing the merits of the att...

DescriptionHow Does Societal Transformation Happen? Values Development, Collective Wisdom, and Decision Making for the Common Good is a guide for u...

Publisher: African American ImagesAuthor(s): Dr. Jawanza KunjufuNumber of pages: 200Publication date: 1998Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 10Cover type: Pap...

Aceasta e lumea noastra , scrisa de Tracey Turner, este o celebrare a diverselor medii si culturi ale planetei noastre – o calatorie de neuitat car...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of These Is My Words comes this exhilarating follow-up to the beloved Sarah's Quilt. In the latest diary entries of pio...